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$5.3 Million Personal Injury Settlement for 3-Day-Old Girl’s Brain Injury Awaiting Pennsylvania Judge’s Approval

Attorneys involved in a personal injury case surrounding an infant child who sufferuddy a traumatic brain injury and other personal injuries in a 2003 accident have agreed to a $5.3 million settlement. Three-day-old Joanne Knabb was strapped in an incubator in an ambulance en route to a Pittsburgh hospital to treat a hole between the ventricles in her heart when a drunk driver crashed into the ambulance. Her family’s personal injury attorney said that Joanne was catapulted out of the incubator made by International Biomedical Inc. of Austin, Texas; causing her brain and other physical injuries which will require 24-care for the rest of the life. IBI would pay $4.632 million of this settlement, which is awaiting approval from a Pennsylvania judge.

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$200,000 North Carolina Car Accident Settlement for Family’s Suffering after Teenager’s Fatal Personal Injuries

A $200,000 North Carolina car accident settlement has been reached by the town of Pembroke and the family of an 18-year-old man who was killed in a wreck during a 2001 high speed chase. The family of Christopher Harris had filed a personal injury lawsuit against the town of Pembroke after their son was killed in what they described as a reckless police pursuit following a minor fender bender more than five years ago. After it was determined that the involved officers violated a three-mile rule for police pursuits following a misdemeanor and did not use wise judgment in this situation, the town of Pembroke agreed to the settlement out-of-court.

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